9 February 2009 Passenger Transport Statistics December 2008. Provisional data The number of passengers using city transport increases 2.2% in December as compared with the same month of the previous year The number of passengers using inter-city transport decreases 0.3% in the rate Nearly 260 million passengers used city transport in December, representing a 2.2% increase with regard to the same month of 2007. Increases of 1.9% in the bus service, and 2.7% in the metropolitan service, were recorded in December. On the other hand, inter-city transport was used by more than 141.7 million passengers, that is, 0.3% less than during the same month of the previous year. passengers Interannual Accumulated City transport TOTAL 259,917 2.24-0.46 Buses 156,960 1.92-1.27 - Scheduled 1 156,185 1.95-1.28 General scheduled 148,173 1.81-1.25 Special scheduled 8,011 4.48-1.79 - Unscheduled 775-3.80 0.16 Metropolitan 102,958 2.72 0.85 Inter-city transport TOTAL 141,770-0.26-0.24 Road transport 92,961 0.73 0.37 - Scheduled 1 80,385 1.43 0.69 - Unscheduled 12,576-3.50-1.38 Rail transport 45,507-1.01-0.93 Air transport (domestic) 2,758-16.20-7.50 Sea transport (cabotage) 2, 3 544-7.56-1.56 (1) Inter-city transport by road includes: general scheduled and special scheduled (students and workers). (2) Disembarked passengers only. (3) Estimated data. 1
Interannual variation rate (%) 15 10 5 0-5 -10-15 -20 Dec-07 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec-08 Total (city+ inter-city) City Inter-city General scheduled city transport by bus increases 1.8% More than 148 million passengers used the general scheduled city bus this past month of December, representing a increase of 1.8% as compared with the same month of 2007. By Autonomous Community, it is worth noting the increase registered in País Vasco (6.0%), and the decrease registered in Comunidad de Madrid (-1.4%). General scheduled city bus service passengers Accumulated TOTAL 148,173 1.81-1.25 Andalucía 20,839 0.99 1.65 Aragón 11,079 4.25 6.24 Asturias (Principado de) 3,375 2.79 2.54 Canarias 3,763 3.45 0.54 Castilla y León 6,317 4.86 1.06 Castilla-La Mancha 1,843 4.01 4.35 Cataluña 25,637 4.62-2.51 Comunitat Valenciana 11,720 0.83-1.70 Extremadura 1,018 0.18-1.74 Galicia 4,901 5.37 1.56 Madrid (Comunidad de) 40,123-1.35-6.23 Murcia (Región de) 1,695 0.74 0.92 País Vasco 7,133 5.97 1.55 Others 1 8,730 0.69 2.10 1 In order to protect statistical secrecy, Autonomous Communities are grouped in those cases in which data at a company level could be identified. 2
Transport by special scheduled city bus increases 4.5% During the month of December, the special scheduled city bus service experienced an increase of 4.5% in the rate. Within this, the special scheduled school bus service registered an increase of 8.6%, while the special scheduled work bus service experienced a decrease of 6.5%. Special scheduled city bus passengers Accumulated TOTAL 8,011 4.48-1.79 Students 6,040 8.62-1.54 Workers 1,971-6.47-2.45 Transport by metropolitan increases 2.7% in the rate The number of passengers using the metropolitan increased 2.7% in December as compared with the same month in 2007. Increases were registered in all Spanish metropolitan services, Barcelona being of particular note, with 8.3%. Metropolitan passengers Accumulated TOTAL 102,958 2.72 0.85 Barcelona 32,314 8.25 3.12 Bilbao 7,527 0.97 0.71 Madrid 57,744 0.03-0.32 Valencia 1 5,373 3.42 0.53 (1) Estimated data. 3
Inter-city transport decreases 0.3% as compared with December 2007 The number of passengers using inter-city transport exceeded 141 million during the month of December, representing an decrease of 0.3%. In road transport, the number of passengers using the bus to commute increased 0.7% in the rate. Increases were registered among the users of general scheduled transport (1.3%) and the passengers using special scheduled transport (1.7%), whereas unscheduled transport decreased 3.5% as compared with the same month the previous year. Air transport suffered a significant drop of 16.2% in the rate, with respect to December 2007. Inter-city transport passengers Interannual Accumulated TOTAL 141,770-0.26-0.24 Road transport 92,961 0.73 0.37 General scheduled 53,807 1.28 0.61 Special scheduled 26,578 1.72 0.88 - Students 19,260 2.34 0.71 - Workers 7,318 0.15 1.24 - Unscheduled 12,576-3.50-1.38 Rail transport 45,507-1.01-0.93 RENFE 38,414-2.93-1.07 - AVE - Long distance 2 1,898 26.28 25.05 3 - Regional 2,913 19.98 4.69 - Local 33,603-5.72-2.53 Narrow gauge trains 7,093 10.84-0.10 Air transport (domestic) 2,758-16.20-7.50 Sea transport (cabotage) 1 544-7.56-1.56 (1) Estimated data. (2) Long distance includes long distance and long distance high speed. (3) Regional includes regional and regional high speed. 4
City and inter-city transport of passengers in 2008 More than 3,152 million passengers used city transport in 2008, indicating a decrease of 0.5% in comparison with the year 2007. City transport Interannual passengers passengers variation rate 2008 2007 TOTAL CITY TRANSPORT 3,152,313 3,166,906-0.46 General scheduled city bus service TOTAL 1,823,125 1,846,194-1.25 Andalucía 249,344 245,299 1.65 Aragón 138,654 130,512 6.24 Asturias (Principado de) 41,958 40,918 2.54 Canarias 50,024 49,754 0.54 Castilla y León 75,775 74,978 1.06 Castilla-La Mancha 22,750 21,802 4.35 Cataluña 329,854 338,356-2.51 Comunitat Valenciana 144,900 147,396-1.69 Extremadura 13,264 13,499-1.74 Galicia 61,850 60,900 1.56 Madrid (Comunidad de) 478,876 510,677-6.23 Murcia (Región de) 20,878 20,687 0.92 País Vasco 82,166 80,908 1.55 Others 1 112,833 110,508 2.10 Special scheduled city bus service TOTAL 96,589 98,352-1.79 - Students 69,725 70,814-1.54 - Workers 26,864 27,538-2.45 Unscheduled city transport TOTAL 14,791 14,768 0.16 Metropolitan TOTAL 1,217,808 1,207,592 0.85 Barcelona 377,789 366,355 3.12 Bilbao 86,476 85,864 0.71 Madrid 685,539 687,729-0.32 Valencia 2 68,004 67,643 0.53 (1) In order to protect statistical secrecy, Autonomous Communities are grouped in those cases in which data at a company level could be identified. (2) Estimated data December During 2008, more than 1,823 million passengers used the general scheduled city bus service, 1.3% less than in 2007. By Autonomous Community, there were remarkable increases in Aragón (6.2%) and Castilla La Mancha (4.4%), and decreases in Madrid (-6.2%) and in Cataluña (-2.5%). The special scheduled city bus service was used by more than 96.5 million passengers in 2008, for a decrease of 1.8%. Special scheduled school transport registered a decrease of 1.5%, and special scheduled work transport decreased 2.5%. On the other hand, the unscheduled city bus service increased 0.2% with regard to the previous year. 5
In 2008, the number of passengers using metropolitan transport increased 0.9%. The number of users increased in all Spanish metropolitan services, except in Madrid (-0.3). Worth noting was the 3.1% increase experienced by the Barcelona metro. It is worth mentioning that the passengers using city transport used the metropolitan service more than the bus service in three of the four cities with a metropolitan service (Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid). RATE OF CITY TRANSPORT IN THE CITIES WITH A METROPOLITAN SERVICE 2008 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Barcelona Bilbao Madrid Valencia Buses Metropolitan More than 1,865 million passengers used inter-city transport in 2008, indicating a decrease of 0.2% in comparison with 2007. The number of passengers using inter-city transport by road increased 0.4%, with growth of 0.7% in scheduled transport and a decrease of 1.4% in unscheduled transport. On the other hand, the number of passengers using inter-city transport by rail decreased 0.9%. Inter-city transport by air decreased 7.5%, while transport by sea decreased 1.6%, as compared with the year 2007. Inter-city transport Interannual passengers passengers variation rate 2008 2007 TOTAL 1,865,249 1,869,710-0.24 Road transport 1,227,852 1,223,316 0.37 Total scheduled 1,040,003 1,032,837 0.69 General scheduled 706,156 701,902 0.61 Special scheduled 333,847 330,935 0.88 - Students 229,620 227,990 0.71 - Workers 104,227 102,946 1.24 Unscheduled 187,849 190,478-1.38 Rail transport 587,420 592,948-0.93 RENFE 501,178 506,621-1.07 - Long distance 2 23,255 18,596 25.05 - Regional 3 32,820 31,351 4.69 - Local 445,100 456,673-2.53 Narrow gauge trains 86,242 86,326-0.10 Air transport (domestic) 41,071 44,400-7.50 Sea transport (cabotage) 1 8,906 9,047-1.56 (1) Estimated data December (2) Long distance includes long distance and long distance high speed. (3) Regional includes regional and regional high speed. 6
Passenger distribution by means of inter-city transport In 2008, the percentage of passengers in each type of inter-city transport was very similar to the distribution from the previous year. Transport by road remained the most important part of inter-city transport (65.8%), followed by transport by rail (31.5%). Transport by air accounted for 2.2%, and transport by sea was 0.5%, of the total. INTER-CITY TRANSPORT SHARE OF EACH TYPE OF TRANSPORT 2008 Air transport 2.20% Rail transport 31.49% Sea transport 0.48% Road transport 65.83% For further information see INEbase-www.ine.es/en/welcome_en.htm Press office: Telephone: 91 583 93 63 / 94 08 Fax: 91 583 90 87 - gprensa@ine.es Information area: Telephone: 91 583 91 00 Fax: 91 583 91 58 www.ine.es/infoine All press releases at: www.ine.es/en/prensa/prensa_en.htm 7